Hey! I’m Emile

Couchsurfing is a unique way of meeting new people and I’m happy to have been a part of it for the past 8 years!
For me it has been lots of fascinating encounters, experiences and becoming friends for life.
Please write me about anything, meeting, hosting, life etc!

I have lived in different countries and now live in New Zealand, trying to become a Kiwi!

I first moved to Riga in Eastern Europe as a teenager to study medicine for 7 years. I then worked at a hospital that specialised in mountaineering accidents in Tanzania at the foot of the Kilimanjaro. Then went to the UK after my medical degree in the pandemic to work in hospitals to replace doctors with Covid week after week.

My interests used to be specific, now thanks to travelling all over the world and meeting this many people, my interests have become everything. Most of my CS hosting I did with through my flatmates at the time.

I am currently training as a paediatrician, you can ask me anything you like about paediatric medicine, paediatric oncology, cardiology, surgery and neonatology, they are really interesting topics!

Interests

• everything

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: whatever my friends/family play. I’ve got friends who play awesome guitar/piano/many more instruments. I have had housemates that are awesome muscians/DJs and my mum plays very good cello. Otherwise I like going to techno festivals, usually around Berlin.

Movies: my Nicaraguan friend plays in films, I liked seeing those.

Books: my grandfather’s literature. He has published over 30 books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My phone was hacked by the North Korean government while I was travelling around South Korea, the story is bizarre. I have partied with the Transsylvanian mafia while in Romania, I have presented my scientific paper at a paediatric surgery conference in Ecuador, I won a contest on an Australian TV-show, I worked at a hospital at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro specialised in mountaineering accidents, I had a 15-minute conversation with the king of the Netherlands, many amazing adventures in Iran, Chernobyl, I can tell you about each and everyone of them.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about my own cultures and the cultures I have seen.
Or maybe about baby/children medicine and surgery if you think it's interesting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, United Kingdom